MODEL COMPARE

GLM 5 vs GLM 5.2: Pricing, Capabilities and Benchmarks

Compare GLM 5 and GLM 5.2 across context window, API pricing, modalities, tool use and recommended use cases.

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Model AModel B

DECISION SUMMARY

Decision summary

Recommendations are conditional. Unknown values never count as a loss, and missing comparable benchmarks produce no winner.

Insufficient data

Evidence

comparable_coding_benchmark_missing

No same-source coding benchmark is attached to both model versions.

Insufficient data

Evidence

comparable_agent_benchmark_missing

Capabilities are listed, but a comparable agent benchmark is missing.

GLM 5.2

Evidence

context_window_larger

GLM 5=198000; GLM 5.2=1048576

GLM 5

Evidence

same_provider_monthly_cost_lower

GLM 5=0.984; GLM 5.2=1.13; input=1000000; cached_input=0; output=200000; provider=OpenRouter

Insufficient data

Evidence

open_weights_support

GLM 5=supported; GLM 5.2=unknown

MODEL ATTRIBUTES

Source scope: Provider endpoint

Show differences only

Attribute	GLM 5	GLM 5.2	Winner
Context window`context_window_larger`Provider endpoint	198K	1.05M	GLM 5.2
Maximum output`max_output_larger`Provider endpoint	128K	131K	GLM 5.2
Input modalities`input_modalities_differ`Provider endpoint	Text	Text	Insufficient data
Output modalities`output_modalities_differ`Provider endpoint	Text	Text	Insufficient data
Tool calling`tool_calling_support`Provider endpoint	Supported	Supported	Tie
Structured output`structured_output_support`Provider endpoint	Supported	Supported	Tie
Reasoning`reasoning_support`Model	Supported	Supported	Insufficient data
Open weights`open_weights_support`Model	Supported	Unknown	Insufficient data
Input price per 1M tokens`input_price_lower`Provider endpoint	$0.60	$0.50	GLM 5.2
Output price per 1M tokens`output_price_lower`Provider endpoint	$1.92	$3.15	GLM 5

USAGE ESTIMATOR

Estimate token charges for the selected provider endpoints. Image, audio, request and web-search charges are not included.

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Monthly input tokensMonthly output tokensCached input tokens

GLM 5$0.984Estimated monthly cost

GLM 5.2$1.13Estimated monthly cost